progress on method-gc / mangling questions

Mon Jan 21 15:02:00 GMT 2002

Adam Megacz writes:
>> Okay, questions first, then an explanation of why I'm asking them...
>> - Is there any documentation on the java symbol mangling procedure?

Yes. It is implied that it follows the C++ 3.0 (known as gnu-v3 in
c++filt,) which used to be specified here http://reality.sgi.com/dehnert_engr/cxx/abi.html.
> Are there any guarantees about its stability in future releases?
> (I would guess that there are no guarantees, but I could be
> wrong).

I would think it is in for the long run.
> __CT_

Constant
> __IF_

Implemented interface
> __CD_

Constant data
> __CT_

Constant constructor
> __FL_

class fields
> __MT_

class methods
(These you can find in the java front-end sources.)
> __ZTVN4

Vtables (not valid as reported here. Could be _ZTVN4java4lang5ClassE,
vtable for java::lang::Class.)
./A